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جائزة البحرين الكبرى
1102nd Grand Prix

Bahrein International Circuit, Sakhir


Last year's race

The 2023 Verstappen domination tour started with a quite uneventful race and Alonso showing a promising performance by Aston Martin

Timetables
all times are local (GMT+3)

THURSDAY 29th FEBRUARY      Local time

Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East   First Practice Session   09:45 - 10:30
FIA Formula 3   Practice Session   10:55 - 11:40
FIA Formula 2   Practice Session   12:05 - 12:50
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   13:00 - 14:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   13:00 - 14:00
FIA   F1 Car Presentation   13:00 - 14:00
FORMULA 1   FIRST PRACTICE SESSION   14:30 - 15:30
FIA Formula 3   Qualifying Session   16:00 - 16:30
Formula 1   Teams' Press Conference   16:00 - 17:00
FIA Formula 2   Qualifying Session   16:55 - 17:25
FIA Formula 3   Press Conference   17:30 - 18:00
FORMULA 1   SECOND PRACTICE SESSION   18:00 - 19:00
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   19:05 - 19:35
Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East   Second Practice Session   19:30 - 20:15
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   20:25 - 21:25
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   20:25 - 21:25

FRIDAY 1st MARCH      

Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East   Qualifying Session   12:05 - 12:35
FIA Formula 3   Sprint Race (19 Laps or 40 Mins +1 Lap)   13:15 - 14:00
Formula 1   Team Pit Stop Practice   14:15 - 14:45
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   14:15 - 15:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   14:15 - 15:00
FIA Formula 3   Press Conference   14:20 - 14:50
FORMULA 1   THIRD PRACTICE SESSION   15:30 - 16:30
FIA Formula 2   Sprint Race (23 Laps or 45 Mins +1 Lap)   17:15 - 18:05
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   18:10 - 18:40
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   18:25 - 18:55
FORMULA 1   QUALIFYING SESSION   19:00 - 20:00
Formula 1   Press Conference   20:00 - 21:00
Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East   First Race (11 Laps or 25 Mins)   20:45 - 21:15
F1 Experiences   F1 Experiences Champions Club Grid Walk & Trophy Photo   21:20 - 22:20
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   21:20 - 22:20
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   21:20 - 22:20

SATURDAY 2nd MARCH      

FIA Formula 3   Feature Race (22 Laps or 45 Mins +1 Lap)   12:00 - 12:50
FIA Formula 2   Feature Race (32 Laps or 60 Mins +1 Lap)   13:30 - 14:35
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   15:00 - 15:30
Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East   Second Race (11 Laps or 25 Mins)   15:00 - 15:30
Promoter Activity   F1 Historic Demonstration   15:40 - 15:55
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   15:55 - 16:55
Formula 1   Drivers' Parade   16:00 - 16:30
Formula 1   National Anthem   17:46 - 17:48
Air Display   Gulf Air Fly Past   17:48 - 17:49
FORMULA 1   GRAND PRIX (57 LAPS OR 120 MINS)   18:00 - 20:00

since 1984 we didn't had an early GP ran on a saturday

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Motorsports trend for 2024: everything is a bad taste joke now

Never have I been less excited about the start of F1 season...or did I say the same thing last year?

Because of previously promised commitments, I will be trying to keep myself away from all social media and other spoilers and watch qualifying and race on Sunday.

Hehe, my 2023 predictions were quite right, but I fear for my 2024 predictions

at least we got F2 and F3 (which should be the main events)

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Motorsports trend for 2024: everything is a bad taste joke now

I'm just gonna act like its some Le Mans type series and Max is running a different class and focus on whatever happens behind him.
Luckily the directors actually started to focus on the midfield battles instead of just showing Max do his laps.....

By no means excited for this race. Couldn't even bother to think about the race when scheduled some weekend plans. So I might not even watch it.

Anyway, from everything I hear the order of the pack is expected to be something like that

Bottom group: Haas/Kick in the teeth/Alpine/Williams
With Williams being slightly better while Haas is the weakest team but a decent contender

Middle group: Toro Rosso/Aston Martin/McLaren/Mercedes
McLaren and Mercedes seem to be very close and leading the group

Top group: Ferrari/Red Bull
There is some hope Ferrari improved tyre degradation could poise a challenge to Red Bull, but we all know how it ends

Thou shallt not complain, as F1 is awesome.

Max wins by 45 seconds.

Positively surprised the race is on Saturday, as on Sunday I should be busy racing,... checks weather forecast, ahem: water-skating.

now that the season is starting let's put some infamous stats

Lando Norris is carrying a lot of those such as:
.most podiums without a win (13 - tied with Nick Heidfeld)
.61 laps led without a win (rank 5th overall - lead is still with Chris Amon with 183)
.most points without a win (633 - quite an easy one nowaday after the points revamp in 2010)

Hulkenberg is also on the struggle by being a talent without a top drive
.203 starts without a win (lead is with De Cesaris with 208)
.also 203 starts without a podium (beat by far the 2nd place that is Adrian Sutil with 128)

Haas drivers have inglorious stats as Kevin Magnussen has the most race starts without leading one single lap, having achieved the record last year surpassing Martin Brundle

coming to this race Max Verstappen can equalize Jim Clark on pole position starts

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Motorsports trend for 2024: everything is a bad taste joke now

For me the big question will be what Aston Martin will do. Can they repeat their shocking pace from last year, or is it midfield again... you know... like last year...

I have a sneaky feeling Alpha Tauri (RB Cash App Visa whatever) will do what Aston did last year, as I have a sneaky suspicion their car is very, very similar to last years Red Bull.

Red Bull
Ferrari (miles behind)
Mclaren
Mercedes
Aston
RB
Williams
Kick
Alpine
Haas

Saturday races a good idea, they should happen more often. Gets the inevitable over sooner.

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Practice starts,

Zhou "My brakes aren't working."

its just FP1 but holy shit Haas is far behind the rest

I missed pre-season testing, is Alpine really that bad this year?

Really can't read much into that session because it's not the same as quali/race conditions so they're just working on their cars then getting any meaningful times.

Alpine were bad in testing too and the drivers said "it's going to be a though start of the season".
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-2 ... should-be/